you're glue and i'm a bad idea

[anatural]

When; Saturday afternoon
Rating; R
Characters; Chekov (candothat), Korra anatural) and Hei (mortemscintilla)
Summary; Both Korra and Chekov have superpowers this weekend. Chekov has the ability to superglue anything, and Korra? Has the magical ability to make the people around her make really bad choices.

So they decide to pull a prank on Hei.

Log; [Korra waits in the park for Chekov to arrive. They don't have any plans for today, just spend some time together and have fun. It's been awhile since they've just had fun.]

Comments

[candothat]

[And arrive Chekov does, grinning from ear to ear. Such an expression can only mean one of three things: he just made some kind of scientific innovation; he has plans for something truly magnificent (or terrible); there is mischief afoot. Hint? It's the last.]

Hello, Korra!

[anatural]

Heeey! [She grins at him.] You sure look happy. Did you just see Lucy? [wink wink nudge nudge]

[candothat]

Good guess, but no. Watch.

[To demonstrate his new powers, he pulls out his network device--which sticks to his hand. Really well. But it gets better! He then touches a hand to his belt, removes the network device (with some difficulty) and then sticks it to his belt.]

Things stick to my hands, but better to each other. I spent some time attaching items to each other at home this morning.

[And Uhura will be finding things adhered to various surfaces for months to come, undoubtedly.]

[anatural]

[Korra gapes.]

Woah. That's cool.

[candothat]

So long as I don't put my hands together. I did that and it took a very long time to get them apart.

[anatural]

[That mental image makes Korra laugh.]

SO. What do you wanna do?

[candothat]

Yesterday, what I said about sticking Hei's possessions to the ceiling? I would like to do that.

[anatural]

[Korra just stares at him.]

You can't be serious.

[On one hand, the expression on Hei's face would be priceless. On the other hand, he would probably literally kill them. (Then again, maybe not. He played along when she splashed him with the dishwater that one time.)]

[candothat]

[Chekov attempts to stop smiling.]

I'm very serious.

[He was joking yesterday. The idea was funny, of course, but he doesn't want to make Hei angry. Today? Today he has no reservations. It's a strange thing.]

[anatural]

[Korra stares at him, waiting for his expression to crack and to reveal that this is just a joke.

But it doesn't. And Korra finds that she likes the idea. (She's still upset about the camera in her room, and it's strange because she can't do what she always does. She can't confront him directly; even if he doesn't deny it or it doesn't start a fight, he'll just put them back in. She feels helpless in the face of it, and it makes her passive aggressive. She hates it.)]

Okay. Let's do it

[candothat]

Good!

[He's off towards Hei's, absolutely not plagued by second thoughts.]

You will have to do most of the lifting.

[anatural]

I think i can manage that.

[It doesn't take them long to get to Hei's apartment. The door is locked, of course, and Korra's ready to kick it in.]

[candothat]

[Chekov knows how this is going to go.]

Korra, Korra. Subtlety.

[He moves between her and the door. It only takes a few moments for it to click open. Chekov puts the tool he used--it looks more like a pen than anything else--on the doorknob to free his hands up.]

See? After you.

[anatural]

Right. Subtlety.

[She's not very good at that. She also doesn't consider that Hei might have traps. She's just about ready to step through the door --]

[candothat]

Wait!

[He almost grabs her, but thinks better of it. How could he have overlooked Hei's paranoia? (Must be an off day.)]

Don't go. There may be... ah, additional security measures in place.

[Chekov moves past her and takes in the apartment's layout.]

Korra? Can you lift me up so I can reach the ceiling without stepping inside?

[anatural]

[Can she lift him up? Puhleeze, she could lift him up there with just one foot. Her ability to do so isn't the question.]

How's that going to help?

[candothat]

Most people don't think to place sensors on the ceiling.

[God, this is stupid. Unfortunately, that thought doesn't occur to Chekov. He's busy trying to determine where Hei would keep some kind of security override.]

[anatural]

Yeah, but what are you going to do up there?

[she asks even as she lifts him up]

[candothat]

I'm going to go across the ceiling and disable any security measures, and then you can come in.

[Simple! With the lift, he's able to press both hands to the ceiling. Only one sticks (he hasn't figured out exactly what rules this power follows), but that's enough. Chekov pulls away from Korra, curls as much as he can (best to stay small when dealing someone as paranoid as Hei), and puts one hand in front of the other. It causes some significant arm strain--a small price to pay for the brilliance of this prank.

It's a struggle, but Chekov makes it to the kitchen. Putting his free hand on top of the fridge frees him from the ceiling. Manual overrides are usually kept in plain sight at the Academy and on starships, but Hei wouldn't be so casual. From his position on top of the refrigerator, the Russian opens the doors and, hooking his feet on one side so he doesn't fall, looks through its contents. Where else would a paranoid assassin who loves food keep something important?

Aaand there--moving aside the ice cream with the back of one hand (he has to keep reminding himself to be careful about what he touches), he finds a standard push-button control pad. Now all he has to do is determine Hei's code from a very uncomfortable half-upside down position, keeping in mind that his fingers will stick to the key pad.]

Korra? [He wouldn't put it past her to get impatient.] Stay where you are, please. I can do this, but it will take a moment.

[And begin. Chekov's pleased that his hacking skills, breaking-and-entering skills, flexibility, and strength training have all proved themselves handy today. His mother would be so proud.

Well. Maybe not.]

[anatural]

[Woah. Korra watches, impressed, as Chekov makes his way across the apartment. But then he's out of sight, and the longer he's out of sight, the more antsy Korra gets.

She is actually about to step into the apartment to check on him when he speaks.]

FINE.

[She looks around, hoping none of the neighbors come by. (Like that kid, ugh.)

Or Hei. If Hei came home, they'd be in big trouble.]

[candothat]

[Don't worry, Korra, it doesn't take long. The security system deactivates with a chirrup and Chekov cautiously climbs off of the refrigerator. When he isn't eviscerated or otherwise maimed, he calls to Korra.]

You can come in now, but he careful.

[anatural]

[Korra quickly steps inside and closes the door. No neighbors. Sweet relief. She looks around the apartment. Very little has changed since the last time she was here. She swings by the cage to say hi to Imugi.]

So. How do we do this?

[candothat]

Quickly and carefully.

[Okay, so that wasn't really an answer, but it's true.]

I can't touch anything without sticking. [Said as he idly adheres a kitchen utensil to the counter.] What can you lift?

[anatural]

Whatever you need me to. [Hei doesn't have much stuff, and it all looks light enough.]

Imugi stays on the ground, though. [She doesn't want anything happening to the lizard.]

[candothat]

That works. We want to upset Hei, not Imugi.

[And so the lizard stays. Everything else that Korra can lift to the ceiling, however, goes. It's an arduous process--largely because Chekov insists on arranging things on the ceiling exactly as they would be arranged on the ground.

When the last piece they've singled out is in place, Chekov surveys their work.]

All in all, I'm pleased.